I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
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DETROIT — While President Obama was trying to explain his health care reform plan to the nation with a televised address to a joint session of Congress, a town hall style event sponsored by Detroit Public Radio (WDET), Wayne State University and state Senator Hansen Clarke drew more than 400 people to a local discussion of that same issue.
In the crowd were critics of the bill and those who supported the idea. But everyone there had had at least one thing in common: they wanted to know more. The event went smoothly, with a calm dialogue between experts and the audience that was moderated by WDET radio host Craig Fahle.
One woman and asked if people without health insurance would be fined under the proposed health care reform bill, calling the idea “punitive.”
Capital Hill correspondent for NPR Todd Zwillich, who sat on the panel of experts for the event, confirmed that the bill does propose charging the uninsured.
“There would be money you would have to pay if you didn’t have insurance,” Zwillich responded to the question. “The idea is the more people in the system the cheaper it will be.”
In his speech addressing health care reform Obama also addressed that issue saying that a provision of the bill would fine people for not having health insurance “just as the state requires you to cover auto insurance.”
Another attendee who commented to the panel was a man who last week attended the health care town hall meeting sponsored by Congressman Gary Peter’s (D-9) in West Bloomfield. He said the WDET event was more informative than the partisan event that Peters held. “This is exactly what this country needs. This has been highly informative in comparison to what I saw last week,” he said.
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